Nothing on TV, nothing on YT, noting on FB, nothing on UF, what now?

[jfloydb]

I have been without entertainment for 20 minutes. What am I to do?...

[Sporkman]

Go out & meet some girls.

[Groucho Marxist]

I would recommend "Book™ (http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/3/9/)," as it is 100% compatible with Shelf™, Floor™, Coffee Table™ or Bag™.

[CharlesA]

go out & meet some girls.

+1

[NFblaze]

I know you havent seen 1+ billion videos on Youtube.

If you have, try going outside.

[spoons]

Go to bed. If you're British like me, that is. If not, well then, the Linux Kernel could use a rewrite. Get cracking. ;)

[red_Marvin]

Build a tower out of the things currently on your desk. Then from the top, gaze out at the vast lands stretching out beneath and know that evereything until the horizon is your kingdom.

[Dustin2128]

starcraft 1's kinda cool

[juancarlospaco]

Go out & meet some girls.

i just invite the girls to my place :)

[lovinglinux]

http://vodo.net/

http://vodo.net/pioneerone

[handy]

Read a book, if you don't have any you can join a library.

[mamamia88]

it's shark week

[teet]

http://www.cinemassacre.com/category/avgn/

-teet

[RiceMonster]

Go outside, get a job, call/make some friends, find a hobby, etc.

[ssj6akshat]

sudo apt-get a life

[sandyd]

I have been without entertainment for 20 minutes. What am I to do?...
go and call some girls for a night out ;)

and why are there so many of these threads??
Theirs like one every week...

[bunburya]

Interesting how many people are suggesting going out with some girls, as opposed to just going out with some friends.

[TheNerdAL]

Count to infinity. :P

[CJ Master]

Plot twist: Op is a girl.

[sandyd]

Interesting how many people are suggesting going out with some girls, as opposed to just going out with some friends.
its better to go out with girls. theyll change your life.

[TheNerdAL]

its better to go out with girls. theyll change your life.

What if I'm a shy geek/nerd? o.o

[sandyd]

What if I'm a shy geek/nerd? o.o
toss her a copy of http://www.amazon.com/Girls-Guide-Dating-Geek/dp/1435713184/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280804481&sr=8-1 ;)

[TheNerdAL]

toss her a copy of http://www.amazon.com/Girls-Guide-Dating-Geek/dp/1435713184/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280804481&sr=8-1 ;)

That'll get the girls! :P Lol, is there a dating site for geeks? :P

[Jesus_Valdez]

www.reddit.com

[handy]

Listen to all of the "Trialogues", created by 3 of the smartest heretics on the planet (though now unfortunately Terence McKenna, is dead). Listening to these conversations can certainly change the way a person thinks & sees the world for the rest of their lives.

They are at the end of this page:

http://www.sheldrake.org/Trialogues/

[Zorgoth]

Find a good webcomic you haven't read and read it start to finish - that'll waste a day.

"Order of the Stick" is fun

If not that, you could always talk to people :)

Or you could post about what you should do on the Ubuntu forums!

[Telengard C64]

Sometimes when I'm bored I just start reading manpages at random.

Lately though, it's been webcomics. I just got caught up with Demon Eater, and it is fascinating.

[Xianath]

It's a problem when it happens at uncanny times but one really doesn't feel like sleeping. Like last night. Went to bed early (11PM), went through the channels (50+), went through movies and TV series, IM, FB, UF, Snotr, TED and several news sites. 11:10, fired up dosbox and played XCOM: Enemy Unknown for two hours. See? There's always something to do :)

[amitabhishek]

TV always disappoints when you need it most.

[Xianath]

toss her a copy of http://www.amazon.com/Girls-Guide-Dating-Geek/dp/1435713184/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280804481&sr=8-1 ;)

Damn, wish I had a copy of this to hand to my now ex on our first date all those years ago. Not that it would have helped, but it would have saved me a lot of talking. Oh, the hours wasted arguing whether 170 is overweight for 5'11" and whether or not benching 90 is pathetic...

[slooksterpsv]

http://vodo.net/

http://vodo.net/pioneerone

Thank you for that URL, torrenting some now - this is legal right? It says its legal, so it is right?

[Khakilang]

Take your mum and dad out for a dinner or a movie. Why no one suggest that?

[shuttleworthwannabe]

go plant a tree for every tube you downloaded.

[samalex]

Online suggestions:
- Kill some time on IRC... there's always good conversation on there.
- Visit archive.org and see what your fave websites looked like in years past
- Google yourself and see what you find
- Visit Groups.Google.com and search for topics in the 80's and 90's. Always great for a read, plus for techies the entire Linus Torvalds vs Andrew Tanenbaum debate is still out there among other awesome snippets of history.

Offline suggestions:
- Visit your local library and read through newspaper articles from like 100 years ago or just browse the books and magazines.
- Do genealogy research on your family (also at the library, not online, unless you're online at the library).
- Do you have a Goodwill Computer Store and search for awesome deals.
- If you have a university in your area, go walking around it as if you go there -- and to get more looks wear a T-Shirt from a rival school.
- Go peruse the used book stores or comic shops

Just some suggestions of things I used to do when I was single... but now with a family and kiddos there's never an idle moment when there's not something around the house that needs to be done.

Sam

[RiceMonster]

- If you have a university in your area, go walking around it as if you go there -- and to get more looks wear a T-Shirt from a rival school.

Seriously?

[pricetech]

I have been without entertainment for 20 minutes. What am I to do?...

Uh, get a life ???

[ornages]

prepare a dish using everything you have at home. If some ingredients dont go well with each other, put them in a different pot.

[Ric_NYC]

Miro TV!

[Superkoop]

Everyone is always bored it seems, and wants to know what to do... I have a feeling that Ubuntu should have a "I'm Bored" button. So that when you press it, it will tell you exactly what you should do, and then it shuts the computer down.

There are a million things to do, all of them involve getting away from technology. Firstly, we are going to take advice from What About Bob; take baby steps.
1)Turn off the computer, TV, Cellphone, iPod, etc, etc, etc.
2)Walk out the door of your abode.
3)Continue walking until you reach a lake.
4)Take off your shoes, socks, and jewelry. (Optionally take off more as is appropriate, if it's dark, you should just go Roman style.)
5)Enter lake.
6)Swim around, splash, laugh, dive under water, float on your back, etc.
7)Repeat step 6 until tired.
8 )Go home.

If you are lacking a lake, just go to a park, and walk around... not on the trails, but off of the trails. You need to experience life, and nature, breathe some fresh air, it's a good idea.

[BenAshton24]

Go through all the stuff on your backup drive and see what you were doing 5 years ago.

[realzippy]

Install easystroke and record mouse gestures.

[flukeairwalker]

Practice your lightsaber kata to rave music.

[StephenWoods69]

its better to go out with girls. theyll change your life.

That's what we're afraid of :p

[Zorgoth]

That's what we're afraid of :p

What if they said we should spend less time on the computer :o

[Xianath]

What if they said we should spend less time on the computer :o

That's one mistake the same girl never makes twice with the same guy.

[JDShu]

How are people always bored? I never have enough time to do what I want, give some to me!

[Jesus_Valdez]

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/

[Superkoop]

How are people always bored? I never have enough time to do what I want, give some to me!

I agree. I'm always out of time, and so many people seem to have too much of it. I suppose I should start buying it.

[handy]

TV always disappoints when you need it most.

We have chosen to never have a TV in the 20+ years we have lived in this house. I have lived elsewhere prior to that & didn't want it then either. Life is far more peaceful in a house without an idiot box.

I'm The Slime lyrics
by Frank Zappa

I am gross and perverted
I'm obsessed 'n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little has changed
I'm the tool of the Government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you

I may be vile and pernicious
But you can't look away
I make you think I'm delicious
With the stuff that I say
I'm the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I'm the slime oozin' out
From your TV set

You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don't need you
Don't go for help . . . no one will heed you
Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold

That's right, folks . . .
Don't touch that dial

Well, I am the slime from your video
Oozin' along on your livin' room floor

I am the slime from your video
Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go

I am the slime from your video
Oozin' along on your livin' room floor

I am the slime from your video
Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

I have been without entertainment for 20 minutes. What am I to do?...

When there is no entertainment, that is the perfect time to contemplate or think about other things. For example:

1. What do I want to accomplish in my life?
2. Where to I want to be in my carrier in 2, 5, or 10 years?
3. What are the important people or things in my life?
4. How do I balance my career goals with my family life?
...
n. Other questions I may have that entertainment may be distracting me from thinking about.

Yes, I am an old person. As you get older you begin to accept your own mortality, and you may start asking yourself the same questions (and more that do not comply with Forum rules). However, don't dismiss these questions. Think about the questions you are asked when you interview for a job. Some of the questions I have listed may be asked during an interview.

Why not contemplate or think about why an employer may ask those questions.

[Timmer1240]

Call some friends get some beer and booze and party your *** off!

[Zorgoth]

Those twenty minutes of the OP's time caused us lot to waste a cumulative amount of time that was probably much larger :o

[Jinxzs]

is he dead?

[ssj6akshat]

Everyone is always bored it seems, and wants to know what to do... I have a feeling that Ubuntu should have a "I'm Bored" button. So that when you press it, it will tell you exactly what you should do, and then it shuts the computer down.


Not like this but an ubuntu developer is working on this-http://www.outflux.net/blog/archives/2010/07/23/achievement-unlocked/